Global Health Justice
Welcome to the Global Health Justice Website!
We aim to advance the struggle for global health justice by providing resources that explore fundamental drivers of health that are often absent in the conventional global health discourse. We recognize that global and national structures of domination, exploitation, and oppression play a crucial role in perpetuating poverty, disenfranchisement, and inequality. Our goal is to identify and better understand how injustice is perpetrated – and to work to transform power dynamics toward a fairer world.
By shedding light on these issues, we hope to promote a deeper understanding of the social and political determinants of health. To this end, we prioritize the perspectives and voices of those from the Global South, whose lived experiences and insights are essential for a truly comprehensive understanding of health justice. Our website is a collaborative effort, with contributions from students, staff, faculty, and alumni of the University of Washington Department of Global Health.
Global Theft
By GHJ Team
In late November 2023, developing countries at the UN won a historic vote to set up a tax convention in spite of resistance…
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Phantom Aid
By Alina Metje and Henry Noble, GH Justice Team
In 2015, USAID unveiled the largest contract in its history, aimed at transforming health supply chains in lower-income…
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Decolonization
By Ikenna Onoh
In the heart of Rwanda, a pharmaceutical revolution is unfolding, disrupting a global health order long dominated by…
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War/ Militarism
By Siddhant Gupta
No war is the same But the Gaza War is particularly unprecedented - on many fronts - the enormous death toll, targeting of…
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Structural Violence
By GHJ Team
A systematic review and meta-analysis by the IHME-CHAIN collaborators (Lancet 23 January 2024) demonstrated that increased…
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Medical Apartheid
By Patience Komba, GHJ Team
The fight against cervical cancer faces a critical juncture Despite the availability of a life-saving vaccine against the Human…
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By Jack Milln, for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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By Yap Boum via Karolinska Decolonizing Global Health
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By Naomi Fowler, Tax Justice Network
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